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WISCONSIN IS MOVING FORWARD WITH MORE JOBS AND TRADE

Wisconsin Is Moving In The Right
Direction

Unemployment Is Down. The unemployment rate in
Wisconsin has declined from 4.4% in January 1993 to
3.8% in July 1997.

259,000 New Jobs In Wisconsin. 259,000 new jobs
have been created in Washington since 1993 -- job growth
over one-and-a-half times faster than the four years before President
Clinton took office.

Exports From Wisconsin Are Up 76%. In the first
6 months of 1997, Wisconsin's goods exports were
running at a rate of $11.4 billion -- up 76% since 1992. Wisconsin
exports of manufactured products were up by
74% from $6.3 billion to $11 billion in 1997*.

135,000 Jobs In Wisconsin Are Supported By
Trade. Jobs supported by goods exports increased 41% -- up
39,400 to 139,000 in 1997*-- paying an average of 15% more than non-trade
related jobs.

Industrial Machinery And Computer Exports Are Up
114%. Industrial machinery and computer exports
have increased 114% since 1993 from $2.4 billion to over $5.1 billion in
1997*-- creating more higher paying
jobs for more people in Wisconsin.

Almost 50,000 New Manufacturing Jobs In Wisconsin.
47,900 new manufacturing jobs -- after 4,500
manufacturing jobs were lost during the four years before President
Clinton took office.

Household Incomes Are Up $5,100 In Wisconsin.
Since 1992, median household income in Wisconsin has
increased by $5,068 -- from $35,887 in 1992 to $40,905 in 1995.

* All figures for 1997 are annualized based on exports for the
first 6 months.

America Is Moving In The Right Direction;
Now Is Not The Time To Turn Back

President Clinton's three part economic strategy of cutting the
deficit, investing in our people through education and
training and opening more markets to U.S. goods is working. Now is the
time to continue that progress by renewing
fast track authority to help create more jobs that pay more.

13 Million New Jobs. The economy has created nearly
13 million new jobs under President Clinton. Private
sector job growth rate nearly 8 times greater than during previous
Administration.

Unemployment Rate Down To 24-Year Low. In 1992, the
unemployment rate was 7.5%. Today it is under
5% -- as low as it's been at any time in the last 24 years.

1.7 Million New Export-Related Jobs -- Paying On Average 15%
Higher Wages. Since President Clinton
took office, the number of export-related jobs has increased by 1.7
million.

Family Income Up $1,600. After stagnating for 20
years, family incomes are rising again. Since 1993, the
income of the typical American family increased by $1,631, after
adjusting for inflation.

Exports Are Up By Nearly 50%. Since the beginning of
1993, exports from the U.S. have grown by nearly
50% -- up $318 billion -- after adjusting for inflation. Exports have
accounted for 38% of the overall growth in
the economy since 1993.

Renewed Growth In Key Industries. After a decade of
enormous job losses in construction, manufacturing,
and autos, these industries have made a remarkable recovery -- more than
one million new jobs combined under
President Clinton.

Smallest Deficit Among Major Economies. Under
President Clinton, the deficit has been cut by more than
80% -- from a record $290 billion in 1992 to an expected $37 billion this
year.